<p>“A rejection will never come in a fat envelope”</p>
<p>This is true virtually all of the time, which makes the rare exceptions especially cruel. I got a huge package from Columbia when I applied as a junior transfer. My mom was very excited, literally dancing as she handed it to me. It turned out to be a rejection/determination that I was ineligible for admission and…the catalog for their night school.</p>
<p>Yes, I was pretty PO’d. There’s just no reason to get a family’s hopes up that way.</p>